​Ignis (IGNIS) is the first child chain of the new Ardor blockchain platform which will become operational at 12:00 AM UTC, on 1/1/2018.

500 Million IGNIS tokens will be distributed as an airdrop to Nxt (NXT) holders based on a snapshot of the Nxt bockchain on December 28th, 2017. The block height of the snapshot is 1636363.

If you have a Nxt (NXT) balance on Bittrex during the December 28, 2017 snapshot, you will be additionally credited the equivalent amount of Ignis airdrop tokens on a 1:0.5 basis. i.e. 1 NXT on Bittrex held during the on-exchange snapshot will get you 0.5 IGNIS airdrop tokens. NXT held on orders will also be credited. Only the NXT held on your account is eligible for IGNIS airdrop tokens.

Important Updates Concerning our Card Program
According to the news posted on Dec 08 2017, on Jan 10 2018 our card vendor will block plastic and virtual Advanced Cash cards issued to users outside the EEA/SEPA area. If your verified profile address is in a EEA/SEPA country, this news update does not concern you. Your Advanced Cash cards are not affected in any way and will keep working as before.

On Jan 10 2018 12:00 PM GMT, we will move all funds from plastic and virtual cards that are about to be blocked back to corresponding wallets. Card funding will be then disabled.

As we said before, we are working towards expanding the list of countries eligible for our card program. The current card vendor continues to negotiate with Mastercard to add new countries. At the same time, we are adding a new card provider. We will be able to provide more specific information on all this at a later point.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation, and we apologise for any possible inconveniences.